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IndieWire talks to 'Psycho Beach Party' screenwriter Charles Busch ahead of the cult classic's anniversary screening at IFC ...
After 25 years, a far-out queer cult classic by Charles Busch is getting the Criterion treatment this month. The Psycho Beach Party creator and star recently reacted to the 2000 beach party parody ...
Starring Lauren Ambrose, Amy Adams, and a bunch of oiled up surfer bros, 'Psycho Beach Party' brought a whole new audience into Charles Busch's technicolor world.
Writer/actor Charles Busch’s droll and amusing film version of his hit play, “Psycho Beach Party,” is getting two special ...
Charles Busch, top, known for writing edgy work such as "Vampire Lesbians of Sodom" and performing as a gender illusionist, above, went in a different direction when he wrote the play "The Tale of ...
Charles Busch has a loyal following, one that has followed him from the East Village to Broadway and now to the West Village in his latest hit, "The Confession of Lily Dare." ...
For those who grow nostalgic over the hard-shell/big-hearted glamour of old Hollywood, directors John Catania and Charles Ignacio offer up Charles Busch -- grande dame of drag and the subject of ...
Charles Busch, left and the cast of “Judith of Bethulia.” Photo by David Rodgers. I live in Greenwich Village, the original queer heart of NYC. What I love most about the neighborhood is … ...
In Charles Busch’s satire of Henrik Ibsen’s plays, a widow faces a rather catty fight to save her husband’s legacy. By Juan A. Ramírez “Leading Lady,” a mosaic of reminiscence and self ...
Busch, 62, grew up in New York and was raised by his aunt Lillian after the death of his mother. He majored in drama at Northwestern University in Illinois but found it difficult to get cast in plays.
Running time: 90 MIN. With: With: Charles Busch, Eric Myers, Julie Halston, B.D. Wong, Kathleen Turner, Michael Musto, Paul Rudnick, Rosie O'Donnell, Boy George.